Acronis disk director suite 9.0 User Manual

 

Manual Partition Operations

 

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2. 

Execute operation of partition creation by selecting Disk   Create partition 
or a similar item in the Operations sidebar list, or by clicking 

  Create 

partition on the toolbar. 

3. In 

the 

Create Partition window, enter a partition label and select a file 

system and partition type (Primary — Logical) from the list; you can also 
enter partition size and location using a mouse or by direct input to 
Partition size, Unallocated space before (and Unallocated space after) fields. 
As a rule, Primary is selected if a partition is to contain an operating 
system. If a partition is meant for data storage, Logical should be selected. 

 

4. By 

clicking 

OK

, you'll add the pending operation of new partition creation. 

The new partition structure will be graphically represented in the Acronis 
Disk Director Suite main window. 

 

Creating a partition in unallocated disk space in Windows 95/98/Me can change the 

order of letters assigned to other partitions. As a result, some shortcuts might stop 

working. A detailed discussion of partition letter assignment rules for various 

operating systems appears in 3.1 «Creating A New Partition». 

The reasons for copying a partition were discussed above (see 3.3 «Copying 
Partitions»). Partition copy can be used: 

•  As a partition backup (or rather a data backup) 
•  As a system partition backup if you want to upgrade the existing operating 

system 

•  To quickly move all data from the old disk to the new